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Grades

Environment

Type

Determine whether to take, when to take, how much to count district/EMO/authorizer assessments

Determine tenure policy

Make formal arrangements with district/EMO/authorizer to allow multiple measures in determining school success (not only a mean proficiency score)

Evaluate colleagues

Set schedule

Set staff pattern

Determine teacher workday

Determine school budget

Set school-level policy

Determine compensation

Teacher Authority Is...

De Facto

The authority for teachers to select staff members, create curriculum, sit on the school improvement team, etc. is informally delegated by superintendent and principal. It has always been done this way ever since the school was founded in 2003.

About the Learning Program

The school's mission is “personalized learning through educational discovery: building 21st century leaders; one project at a time.” Students complete projects in which they incorporate the curriculum standards for the courses in which they are enrolled. They select areas of interest that are relevant to them and create an essential or guiding question to frame the investigative process.